Barbed-wire machine.



NG. 553,694g PATENTED MAY 14, 1907. D. Q* SMITH.

BARBB WIRE MACHINEi APPLCTIUN LE) PEB. i8, 3,904. RENEW/ED B. l5, MNH'1 6 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

QfC/M mWTM All 5M@ Mm PATENTED MAY 14, 19W?.

1).'6. SMITH.

BARBED WIRE MACHINE. APPLIUATION rILED 118.15, 1964. Bumm XPB. 15, 19u?,

6 SHEETS-SHEET E ?ATENTED MAY 14,

B. SMITH. BARBBB WIREACHINE. PPLIUATloH FILED rms. 1s, 1904. RBNBWBD APB. 15, 1901'.

SHEETS-SHEET 3v PATBNTED MAY 14, 1967.

D. C. SNTE.

BARBBD WIRE MJGHNB.

rumanos Hmm FEB, 1a, 1994, BENBWBD APB.. 15, 19o?.

No. 853,604. PATENTE) MAY 14, 1907.

BABBEB WIRE l, urmuuum Plum P2B, 1s. um, amwrm un, 15, 1am.

mi 353,604. Y Y Y MTENTED MAY 14,1907. e. ma sa fwa magma. AYPLIQTIUB IILBB PBB.18, 1904. fw APEx 15, 190?.

SHEETB-BBET G.

IN1 liv 'fok UNHDED s'm'rns IYATENT OFFICE.

BARBYED-wm MACHINE.

Specicatn of Letters Patent.

Patented Hay 14, 1907.

Applinntbn llu February 18, 19024 Riinw's April 15, 1907. Burial No. 368,37?.

Tn erf/Z whom it muy rrnmrn:

Bo it known that l., ,lhvrus (l. SMITH, a uitizon oi' tho linitod Statls, residingl at New York, in tho vounty of New York and Stato ol" Non* York, novo invvntod certain now and usolul linprovonwuts in Barbed-Niro Maohioos; and l. do horoby doolarc thv. following: to ho a hdl, i'loar, and oxavt description of thv invvotion, suoli as will enable othors skillod in fho art to which it appcrtains to inakv and nso the sanno.

rihis invrntioo relatos to barbed-wire making nnwhinory, and particularly afinaobinos whirh mil and out thv barbs on the straml-wiros lronl tho suvoossivoly presented ends ol cmitinuous barbing-wiroa 'lho main object of tho invontionis thoprodnrtionJ by siniplo and pmotiuablo niachinony, of vlastio singlo-strand wiro with thv barbs iixodiy soourod thereon Without injury to thv main wire. (ln account of' tho im )orlootions ol' prior single-strand barbed wires, this varivly has been iargoly dropped and domino-strand wire has boon gonorally rosortvd lo by the nmnufacturors, princi )all f for thv purposvA of kvvping tho barbs hxoii, and for soi'nring olasticity and dilorent angiosoi the barbs by twisting the two wirsY Suoi; doublo-stralui bariwibwimY togo-thor. pravtioally snppiios the market today. But obviously, single-strand wiro, if it oould be notaio in satisfactory condition, wonld'iie far profn'ahlo, owing to its lessor costanti tronblo of nnuiuiactnrv, lighter weight, and ospwially ooonmny of mato-rial used in its proihu'tion not prai'tivablo in making doubicstrand wiro, sinro tho latter rannot woll be made from lighter wires than now in nsti.V Many attompts, therefore, havo boon mada to produrv suitable :aiuola-strand barbelb wirv, but gonoraly by fatally inlinrig tho strand 1f the barbs havo boon .ninnovabiy iixod, and further always with tho fatal nog l tout lo providv suitable oiastivity, which is 'non' doomod indisponsabio in a {anco-wire. lthongh tho desirability of elasticity in all i'onoo wires is weil known, the common barbed-wim, oven of the doublostrand sort, has not enough elasticity to withstand fully tho adverso inlluonces of heat and cold. A011 thosv accounts, not ono of the singio-strand barbod-wircs heretofore produc-od, so far as 1 am aware, has survived in piaotioal use. On

(ho other hand, tho wiro produood by :meansV ol my prvsont invention is l'l'ov from such d0- forts, has ampio elasticity, anduhas thc barbs ixod ixnniovably thoroon butin such a way as not to injure; or woahon thol wiro but rather to strengthen it, and also has its barbed points prusontod at dill'oront angles.

(lonspicuons foatorvs of my' invontion aro: (l) nii-ans for roiling, waving: or formingr tho stralul-wirvs, in thu machine or as thvy are boing barbed, for imparting tho ossontiai olasticity thoroto; (2) moans for 'llattoning or oomprossing thv strand-wirvs at thvv intorvals at which theJ barbs aro appiiod, in such a innnnijr as to avoid injury and to strengthen rather than woaiion suoli wirvs; (fi) improved and oxovwiingiy simph moohanisin for rociprocnting the ooilinglingors; (4) moans for coding VYor*twisting tho barbs around suoli coiled olivavvd strand-wiros, or around wires proviouslyso formed, as rvadily as on st'raight wirvs, that is without troublo inuidvnt to tho spiral of' irrogular paths of ther wirvs so formed; (moans lol' attaching tho twopoint barbs in such iiiannor as to sans@ thorn to prvsont thiir points at dill'irrnt anillos; (til a simpl@V and vonipavt arrangonwnt of a piuraity of nuchanisnls in a multiplo nmohine', of far gjrzatlfr 'capacity than has liv-rotoiorf. boon attainable, sini-v it has novor boon found prai'tic'ablo to produf'o and fool more than one linishod lnlrrhod-n'iri at a timo in one nnrhim, though this has boon suggvsted; {Tilsignirlg of thv various mvchanislns of such nnwltino so that tho transtforso sorios iii' similar nmi'hanisins or divicos across tho machine operato in a continuous and stvady motion as svrios wbilo wt all'ol'ding thi` nooossary intorlnittim'y of individual parts oompising Suoi: svrirs; and so that thvl Work of tho` maohino is cvinly distrihulod with rospfnt to thv pmiods ol' rotation of tho main driving-shaft; (S) moans wluroby any one svt of nwrhanisins Whiting lo on(l strandwiri or any part oi a transvorsv svrivs of simihn inovhanisnis van so l'zn as rrqnirod bo oporatoii indqwndfnty Voli its follows or shut oli' from opoation, to rindvr Il possibio to continuo or discontinuo thv barbing' of am one strand-wirr at wiii; (9) an imp'rmod and compact construction and arrangvnwnt of wimiing-rmlsl in volnhination with such pluraiiti,r of nuchanisms; (10) and moans whoreby the several' transvvrso serios of similar devions or mechanisms in the Wirwbarbing part of tbc1 inafhinilraro opvratod practican); togrthoror in unison Whih` thv I'iils or winding nwchanisms operato indo mndently.

In the accompanying drawings, which are IIO to be taken as a part of this specification, 1 have repnsented an eflicient barbed-wire machine embodying my invention; which however is susceptible of embodiments in other forms, capablc'of various modilications, and possesses certain features ol' distinct value in themselves and adapted for use in other relations and mechanisms. Without limiting myself to the particular construction and arrangement shown, .the following descriptiouol the illustrated machine will serve to set forth the invention, which will thereafter lie defined in the annexed claims. l

Before passing to a description of this illustrated machine, its gen1-ral construction and operation should be noted briefly.

The strand-wires to he barbed, indicated in the drawings by the letter and threaded through the machine from front to back in the usual way, are fed intermittently, and are barbed at proper points during their intervals oi' rest. l,)uring passage through the machine, the strand-wires go throughfsuitable. devices for flattening or condensing them at intervals; also through strand-wire eoilers or wavers or devices for forming them into such shape as to' impart the quality of elasticity; and through the ceiling-heads which aflix the barbs at the aforementioned flattened or condensed ortions. The barbs are coiled and severed rom the successively presented ends .of barbing-wires,.each of which is intermittently fed across its respective strand-wire as previously advanced portions thereof are coiled into barbs and severed. Preferably two barbing-wires are used in connection with each strand-wire. These barbing wires, indicated in the drawings by the letters 'y and z, are fed alternately and are alternately utilized for barbing, which is for the purpose of a )plying two-point barbs so that the points of alternate barbs project at different angles. From the barblngmechanism the several strand-wires pass to independent winding-reels, which wind them under suitable tension.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a top, plan view, principally diagrammatic, of a multiple barbed-wire machine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged plan view of a part of such machine, including the mechanisms involved in the production of one line of barbed-wire. Figs. 3 and 4 are detail side and end views of the feed-rollers for the strand-wire. Fi 5 is a detail fragmentar View of the coactlng peripheries of such fee( rollers, showing the wire flattening orcompressin dies and the mode of flattenin the wire. Fig. 6 is a detail View of one o the dies for flattening or compressing the strandwire, showing the mold in its face. Fio. 7 is a detail longitudinal section of sa die, showing its mold in cross-section. Figs.- 8 and 9 are front and longitudinal sectlonal views of the strand-wire-coiler. Fig. 1() is a turinal vertical section and side elevation respectively of the barb-coilin device. Fig. 15 is an end view of the coi ing head, and guides for the barbing-wires. Figs. land 17 arc detail side and end views of the gearing for driving thestrand-wire feed-rollers. Fi 18 andll9 are detail side and end views o the barbing-wire feeding mechanism and caring. Fig. 2O is a back vlew of some of tlie reels. Fi 21 shows a modification of the barbco1 ing mechanism, part in side elevation and part in longitudinal section. gram representing the work done throughout the machine on one stroke of the main driving shaft, assuming certain periods and timing for the various mechanisms. Fig. 23 is a perspective view of a shaft with mutilated gears thereon for driving the several strand-wire feed-mechanisms. Fig. 24 embraces several views of the finished product or barbed-wire of the illustrated machine.

I Referring now to the drawin s by specific reference symbols, 1 indicates t e bed of the machine; 2 denotes the main drivin -shaft,

Fig. 22 is a diashown with the usual pulleys 3 and 4 t ereon, g 5

one of which is loose and the other -fast for application of power; and 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 designate different transverse shafts driven lfrom the main shaft by suitable gearing and from which power is transmitted to the strand-wire feeding and compressing, strand. Wire-coiling, barbmg-wire-feedi barbing and severing mechanisms, and ree ing mechanjsms. Mounted side by side upon the machine-bed, or along the several transverse shafts, are the several mechanisms or series of devices for actin on or in connection with the differentstran -wires Inasmuch as the various mechanisms for the several wires are of similar construction and operation, a description of those for barbing one strandwire will suflice.

The strand-wire is fed intermittently by coacting oppositely rotating feed-rollers 10, pcripherally grooved as usual for guidinor and gri ping the wire. These rollers are s iown in igs. 2, 16 and 17 on intergeared shafts 13, the upper one of which is removable from its bearings and has adj usting-screws 14 bearing thereupon to regulate the pressure between the feed-rollers. One shaft has a gear 15 engaged by a mutilated gear 16 on the shaft 5, for transmitting to the rollers the proper intermittent rotation. Said mutilated gear is loosely mounted on its shaft, with which however it can be locked by a suitable clutch 17, adapted to be operated by a lever 18 mounted at the front of the machine and properly connected with the clutch-throw.

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For intifciiing or compressing thsrimd Wire it intervals, hnrdnned ings or dies il are arrimgcd in the poripherios nf'rfl'iedrollers, or Ain the periphery of onir of hm though. preferably in both an so as to coact; thou' distances apart corresponding to the intervals botwoen the barbs and hence corrcsponding also to the lengths of intormit'tent movonwnts of thc strand-wit e. Svc Figs. 5, 6 and Thrsc ings or flics, which in gripping the wire Hatton or compresst'he smut. iwi'wocn thim, arc groovcd in continuation oi' thc groovcs iii ihc ford-rollers; but tho groom-s of the iivs irc iii cho form of ovni umido, coi'iriwtcd at thiir cont-ers in crosssoctionn :ifea ya?. Suhstmitiuiiy Widvr than doop, to impart to thv wir-c am ifF is grippz by' the dirs a fattening of gcnm-sil ovagr' actor. 'i`hc ci'cot oi' thcsc forms'of dios is to ionffz'sc ihr particles of mami togthvr 'nwiiho s, which arc inipmotioiiiiv for fonciiig, Silico ihiy cmmot hc acnt without fciiiing to brook, whiic iiiorcovcr they' wiii not` stand groot. tcnsih. 'strcngt-h. 'i ho mcmi thus iintriicd tends; to burst out uiifrrtu iieitiviiing prissiu'c or produce iiitiriiiii swims in thc wire, and ai hcsi thc tmieiucy to fiii'iisc Ehi pm'iriifs oir'oictszi. 'Ifo' ffir'vfr. this, i hamac (ivvif-sfii hc owihod oi' finit-coing hcrc oxpinincii. 'i'hc comicnsiiiion of' iiictzil produccd hy frhis mcthod I 'havn found to hc so succissi'ui ihm ihc Haris ihus manic hiwc grfntrr tcuslv strcngih limo othcr parts of thc wirr, as dcmonstmtvd by :winni Lcsfsg' whiic hvrc is anim :ii-mined thv cqimiy imporhmt advantage of@ fiiiifr'mei wir(` which Wiii iwan' much more beiif'ing hawk sind forth than o Wiro Samourai ifi fisc usmii waxy. Stili u i'uiihri advantage* in making ihr Untis by ihiac oval Noida is ihm nii sharp migcs ai ihr iron of' ihr iints with ihr iioiil'y'r'o'w wirc nro' :wohimh thus :iiord'ing ihv imiiis. fi rioscr coii mui hrtt'rr prcsvrving thc gmivmr-V iziog from crm-king: ofi" atv such edges :mii jif# niiiiingf rus? sont! to vnifvr thc viii'f.Y Yiii i priicr zi. marked oval forni, stii umido iig? sifjhtiy oval may oi'vct t-hf dcsircfi rcsii Thr ingo in which thc moids :irc fornir@ Y bc svcuivdf; tightly in 'f'irisfwiiY thci'ffor in the fovii-roiieis, :imi hold iloiiioviiiiiy Yby@ravi-" scrcws iilsrrtid through rcmovnhiv piiiiis i? Soulirc tothe sides of saliti roiis." Soc Figs. 3 und 4. Y' in Y From tho'i'fcd-rolivrs of tho prcsf'in'im; chine the strand-wire passes through Si devico for ooiiigigffirwving or othcrwisc forming i1;er intofsnoh i-eiizio mi to givo it ciustctyf form siiiy uniovi-'30? this purposv, n spil-ai or ooiicd'shwpo is profcrnhic. For imparting his .iiipoo'tiic wiro, i provide` o simmowriloior 2o, operating in conjunction with u stationary" icmior or guidc through whoii wire is pussies! in ndi/'mica of thc stronzi-mrccocr. Soc Figs. S sind Si. This ooicr, in tho forni shown, consists of a rotary hoiiow-shufi, journnird in ai, suitable bearing thvrui'or, having its borc hirgr cnough to' oiiimodzitc thc ooiicd strand-wirr, misi zrj, ng'i isi'rocciving vnd iifpiifir of' roccots'ii-.aiiy diasposod enacting groovcd roiicrs :2 l. "Si olrs ongugc thc wire and in rvvoivinp; x'ury' it round and round; @mii thcgvrc is :iiso boing fori forward ai, ih# sgzsig'iiou sr or. eoi'imi forni is 'thgir"ticzi- Y VVThu-i' strani-wirihcoiiffr 'is :in riif'ivnt. ffii/wies, for thc'purposc; it may iw operati-ii 'ritriiifrfiy or pcriodciiiiy iii; miams ol` o. "iiii'tislltrii geur, or hy moans. of n clutch,

i gg'zgvYciutch-ifhrow may im connai-.imi with Vhficvi-r I8. in plwc of iiiis iicvicc, othvr Stiiie moans only im sl'i'i'asuivii for giving im clos-tio i'orm to ic wirc: und in sonic iii- Vestancos such dcvicc may hc loi-imi in :ui- Voncc of instcmi of hihimi thv i'vcong mochimsm; though :in :irrimgmiwnt mimmo tiniiy iig rvprcsvnicd is prci'vrrcd. .'is'sl'lowii'ivcn from thc irnnsvcrsc simi@ by .voxxix-gcm'iiig 21.5.. Y Y' it. is sonicimcs: iiisirmi 1o oi'raiv :1. wirr which hm: iwcu pfiwioifsiy rohii, or wiif-i is roiiwi iii mivmicc of iin* i' vii-Io|i r.-;. 'wo iiis'iStiic-iisc, iiY is iiiiporiimi io prcsifni fr wil'c io thc'fvcci-ioiifrs in such munmr als io avoid iiiliiruitrffa or mishaps liuc io iis spinti or ii'rcguim* n, nod to fwd um! iiaiimi ii tin* simu* o straight wirc. YTo :uw omph'sii this, 'l 'make provision for pliscniiiiu' sin n' iiiro to ihc fccii-rolicrs :it ii ronipiimiivciv 'iiik'ci point, :1mi im' swaying ihr wirf* iii :uivmim oil ihm poiiiiv in pcrmii YSoria prcsciliiilion. For thi@ purposc, such :i iicvir c :is iiiiisravii in Fig. it) may iw provide-ri. ion- 'ssiiig oi' ai. hollow guido or iciuiir 2li, haring nl wr uzai owning for mi: of :iw wir@ oi siii 'i'i'iy thc iiiiinii'lir of 'f i'iii'fr. :mii "irfi oaf Yproxiiiiiijv io ihr fom-img'pcrgiiifikn liao 'ccii-roivrs. mui ifrwizsg iniciimi iori in iulvmlw of soffii og'vning; soili- .ffieiiiiy iairgc io jpciiii a sxi'ziyinfr of lw wirf* iipifiro'irgfi il. sparc of about' Uris-v iiii :iiniiivici "riefwil of im win, i6 iriiiiv is vom i Y W rougii sin h opciig. Y Wriroxil mario inici' on for pruscnmimi of iiw Toii'm wir''ifro'iiiig-pim oi' 'thc hin-hinguiw'hfinisro, aofi iviii hcrciimi'irriw rcfrrrmi lo.

From'tiw strand-xsfirc-roiiir, in the illusfisiioi oisiciaii", ihr sir-:imi wire pussvs tiiroiigh o. mimic-tuin* 4 to und through iw buriniig-iiicciianism. Soo Figs. 13, 14 anni ilO 15. While any suitable barb-twistin deviceI or coiling-head may be employeil the device -illustrated is desired for simplicity, cllicicnt action, and its special ada tation to tIu` needs of this machine and pro( uction of wire of the character sought to be attained. A hollow rotary shaft 25, journaled in suitable bearings, has an internal bore preferably larger than the diameter of the coils of the wire, and has at its back end a coiling-head 26 with an eccentrically disposed retractible or rcciprocatory coiling-inger or pin 27, or, as in t 1e present case, two of such coilingpins. ln the present case, these ceiling-pins are or may be disposed not directly opposite to each other, but both in the same half of the coiling-head, their distance a art considered circumferentially being a out one third of the circle. The purpose of this will he explained presently. The `coilingpins are carried by reciprocatory bars 28, slidable in longitudinal grooves in the shaft 25, and adapted to he moved at proper eriods for projecting and retracting the coihng-pins.

Various devices may be adopted for reci rocating the bars, but improved and simp e means for this urpose is. shown in Figs. 14 and 15, where tlle bars are reciprocated by a cam 3U. In the construction here represented, the bars are s ringressed outward, by springs such as in( icatei at 29, and carry at their front ends rollers 31 which travel around the cam 30 in contact with its cam-surfaces or in its cam-groove. The cam is used only to retract the bars, since their quick outward thrust is accomplished by the springs; but it maybe feasible in some instances to omit the springs 29 and depend on the cam-groove for projecting as wel as retracting the coilinglingcrs. The bars 28 are shown straight, and they may readily be inserted into their slots or grooves in the shaft 25, when the face of the coiling-head is removed. Where it is desired to employ a cam 3() of larger relative diameter than shown, the front ends of the bars 28 may be provided with goose-neck extentions 32 for carrying the rollers 31, as shown in Fig. 21. The cam 3() is of course hollow, and of sullicient bore to accommodate the coiled or waved strand-wire; and it is shown on a stub-shaft or spindle journaled in suitable bearings. The cam 3() is of such formation that as the rollers 31 travel around it each bar 27 with its ceiling-finger is given its desired reciprocation.`

Each roller 31 is designed to traverse the cam once for each operation or cycle of movements of its ceiling-finger. A stationary cam would answer if the ceiling-finger made a single revolution for a barb. A stationary cam with a continuous series. of grooves around it adapted for a number of rotations of the ceiling-shaft would also serve in some cases. But it is preferable to employ a rotary cam, making one less rotation than the ceiling-shaft for each c cle of revolutions of each ceiling-l` er; and iaving a separate cam-groove for eac 1 roller. Separate cam-grooves are shown for the two rollers 31 but should these rollers be placed diametrically opposite instead of in such a relation as shown both rollers could travel in the same cam-groove. In this machine, where the barbs are coiled alternately, if four rotations of a ceiling-shaft are required for the complete operation of one barb, then the ceiling-shaft must make eight rotations to every seven rotations of the cam. During every such eight rotations, each roller 31 traverses once the entire path of its groove; and the paths of the two rollers are so related thereto that each bar and coiling-iinger remains wholly retracted while thev other is in operation; four rotations of the coilin fshaft serving as aforesaid for a cycle of operative movements of each ceiling-finger. The timed rotation of the cam with respect to the coiling-shaft may be accomplished in various appropriate ways. The coilingshaft 25 is shown in Figs. 13 and 14 having a pinion 33 meshing with an equal pinion 34 on an upper short shaft which has a pinion 35 meshing with a larger pinion 36 on the camshaft, to transmit the proper differential movement.

As a modified means of timing the cam, in Fig. 21 the coiler-shaft is shown extended forward through the cam and formed with a bevel-gear meshing with a bevel-gear 37 which 1s rotatable with a larger bevel-gear 38 engaging a similar ear on the cam. The coiler-shaft 25 is s own driven from the transmission-shaft 8 by worm-gearin 39.

Other grooves may be added to t e cam for reciprocation of bars or hooks in mechanisms of different character, revolving or not revolving, such as in machines making fabric-fencing; and the reciprocators here described may be applied to valuable use in such mechanisms.

Attention is now directed to a feature of the coiling-head. The central bore of the shaft 25 must be large enough to accommodate a coiled wire, yet the wlre must not follow its sinuous or waved path when beneath the coiling-pin's operation. To avoid this, the ceiling-head 26 has its axial opening through which the strand-wire emerges contracted at its end to substantially the diameter of the wire, so that the wire emerges therethrough at a fixed point; and provision is made for giving the coiled strand-wire when within the coiler-shaft a swaying motion through a space coverin about twice the ordinary diameter of the colls of the wire; thus enabling the wire to pass out through the coiling-head along a fixed point. Thus, the body of the wire ap ears on opposite sides of this fixed point ofp emergence 1n the length of one coil: This swaying motion of the wir! is permitted by providing tmimrc of tim ioiiow shaft suficiiesty hio, saoiit twice tho dimawior oi' the cois o'il'h'e strnd-wire. lf Another feature shown in connection 'with the present', roling-iiomi is moans in numbingtion with #tho opposite internato iii-frodi; of the two barking-Wires for Uniting' and 'srvvring thc 'barbs sitermitoly from the two Esibing-wires smi iixing the sumas-sivo hr1-rhs ffit Y their points in. different sigles Eo 'tho strand wirr. This 'is lrlnuritiiy oonsiiiorod u nu ccssity in a brummt-wire, hm'ingl twolpoint barbs, in oriirr that somo barbs of tho fonce should bi ut im timos pl'usvnto'ri'to stock or mattie approaching the fonce; sithosghfh der somo circumstances it might not he dw siruiilo tu have such im urrsngoment, The! characteristic referred to, that is the dirnt angular positions of tho ditifrent; bfrsfs naturally attained in the ordinary twostrsnd-imrbcii-wiro, through the twisting of the wires togethvr after they are barbed; init-it is not prossimi for in the immufaicture of ordinary singin-strand wire hsving two-pmt hsrirs. in thc priisent rim-' chino, i iicifmrnoisht the desired result by* moss ihfuoiiing ihr two bathing-Wife@ amai z und Hsin,"r thon: ultcrniiizeiy fixi-V iows. [t Wifi im ohsorvid from Figs. E; 12 :mii i5 that, the barking-wires are not Eriri from fhrvot oppositv sides, nor srs thu cif-;

ing-pins directol opposite, but they anmwriisf i oseinimut onu-third of'i. mreio spart, jgse' vrs state-ii. The rf-suit is that the almeria hiuiaing-wiijs om projected amdY wils@ :Li-omni the strand in diferenfgmsr, when the 'finished barbs are sovsredw'hs' mints moisi-1y in iiii'orent directions. The imri ingwi1'es are fed from opposite sfis of thv imiter, usuitiy from above the axis of t ooiing-hesd downwsrdiy und ssrsss st raniwire, though at opposite sides thereof simio the ooiiing-hesii siwsys rotates is he sume direction. The@- are guidvd, through suitsfhie hores in the cutters 4B, otssoseiy across the! incisi opening si thorBiii'rg-iesii und rurvr forward@l across thi. fue@ oth's {foihu', so thrit this eoiing or twisting of the barb is {1i-r1' ornmci as mfsr :is possible to the point of mnvrgoneo oi tho si ramdwirn. 'j

Coming now to th@ violators for severing tho barbs from tht' hnrbing-wirvs, it will be ob# scrwi Vin Figs. Il ind 12 that thv rotting mrmam's 4U, through horns in which the wil-vs nrv pnssiii, are sirvio-(i113 the upper omis of ovirs 42, vivotmi or iuiifrumrd in standards 43, so Ytimt szzfirwiovrrs may he movvil to swing said vatting momhirs vvrti-f cniiy or upward :mii downwizrii. 'lhosu out; tors nrt ronuniftion with'xeii nuttin@ arr vngsged iy roms A14 on tim tiransffufsii' shaft S, whlrh huid this ifvvrs smtronsry while this barking-wires nro being guided through thv tuws armi whiiie the barbs are being 'ornwri but iixfhfrock thm toscvor the imi-hs ofimfhi have imm: united. Since the vtwo bitriiing-wirrs are fed and utiiized uiternntni) #follows 'that the cutters'sholiiaso br ophmcii sitrrniituggwhiih isi ompiishod b) sotting tho two cams Li 'oiirwis'xiiiio in difformi positions on the shaft U, The si-Y trrnte :lotions oi' the two roi l ing pins bring in sghfiymmmnsud timol as :iirrsiiy shows; thc'two @uns am correspondingly sot .in Yiikr unbiihmcid rfkiriuionsj smi thv` :ritornata i1:- fioding of thv hsrhingovirus in this unhsi- :umori time is iiiuwise provided for. in plum: 'oftlhoss'outting instrumcntsitiffs, other sutab'ic 'devices muy of coursoV be adopted. Y Y

cept that thc stening 1h57V tiatcil gen1' 4H onY thv trunsvi-rso simt 'Y reel is held against such frictionlate with, suflicient pressure to rotate the ree normally hut lightly enough to let the reel stop and slip on the friction-plate during the intermittent dwell of the strand-wires whilethe barbs are being applied; as well as to let the refel'slip thereon to com ensate for the gradually increasing size of t e coil of wire on the reel. Thus the barbed-Wire is continuously drawn taut and tightly wound. A frictionband-llrake 54 is shown in connection with the reel, ada ted to Le operated by a lever 55 when desire to stop rotation of the reel, as when operation on the strand-wire for that reel is suspended. Between the reels and the eoiling-head is shown a spreader 56 reeiproeatine` back and forth to distributc'the wire evenly along the reel. The frictionreel thus described is I have found practicable and satisfactory in a single-strand machine; but if desired the well known take-up device may be interposed between the reel and the coding-head.

The detail description thus far given has had rel'eren'ce more especially to the mechanism involved in the production of a single line of barbed-wire; and it will be understood that. the construction and operation' ol the mechanisms for the other wires are the same.

(lne of the "most valuable features of my invention is the capaiility of embodiment in a multiple barbed-wire machine, which will now be deserii ed, with reference more particularly to Fig. 1. The machine here represented is adapted lor lzarl ing eight wires. The entire series of 'feed-rollers l() are operated from the shalt 5'; the strand-Wire-coilers or wavers 2() are operated from the shalt 6; the lia-rl ing-wire iced-rollers 46 Yfrom the shalt 7 the l arlz-coilers 25 'from the shaft 8; and the cutters from the shaft El. Each set of feed-rollers 10, as well as the feed-rollers 46, is adapted to be thrown into or out of operation by clutches, so that manufacture of barbell-Wire by any particular set of mechanisms of the machine may be begun, continued or discontinued at will, independently of the mechanisms for operating on the remaining strand-wires. While the sharlting, gearing and eo-ordination oi parts is a matter which may be leit largely to the skilled machinist, yet an arrangement sul stantiallv such as herein suggested will commend itsel'i for its great simplicity and praeticalility. In this connection it should le noted that all the various seriesoi mechanisms are driven by eross-shaf ts. Each set of mechanisms relatin;r to the formation of one line of larizedwire is similarly timed and adjusted with respect to the main driving-shalt. Now it it will l e seen that, except 'lor the reels 5U, the various transverse series of' similan devices or mechanisms operate together; the machine feeds 'forward together a plurality or series oil strand-wires, also a plurality of barbing-wires; operates together the ceilingheads and reci rocates the coiling-pins; and operates togetiier the cutters.- lere the simultaneous operations end, and the reeling of the finished se arate wires is performed entirely indepen ently. Thus I attain all the advantages of amachine acting in plural form; availing myself ot' the unity principles em loyed in wire-fabric-making machinery, While delivering the finished product in its necessarily divided form. 'This is considered a novel and important result. It does not seem to have been practicable heretofore to finish and reel more than one Wire in one machine; nor to barn a series of strand-Wires together. In short, a practicable plurality machine appears never before to have been produced; and this in spite of the fact that for twenty years manuiacturers have been constantly striving for increased capacity in bari cri-wire machines. e

I have spoken of the several transverse series of similar mechanisms, excepting the reels, as operating to ether or practically simultaneously; but w rile the various opera'- tions may be exactly simultaneous, yet by this description I do not mean that the said mechanisms necessarily so operate in strict unison, that is with their movements coincident in starting, ending and intermediate phases. As a matter of fact, it is preferable, while each transverse series of mechanisms operate together or practicall simultaneously as a series, that the severa units or individual devices of such series be brought into action in slight progression. ln a barbed-wire machine of the present character, the various operations, except that of the reel for the finished product, are necessarily intermittent throughout the course of each strand-wire. This intermittent action of the various parts takes the power in condensed periods, gives shock to the machine, interferes with its smooth operation, restricts its out-put and limits its durability. To overcome these diiliculties has long been the aim of inventors of the two-strand barbed-wire machines. Hence, to lessen materially the shocks ol' intermittently throwing into gear coincidently all the devices of any one series, the strand-wire and barbing-wire feeds, the coilers, reciprocators and cutters, I propose to bring the several series ol these mechanisms each into action in slight succession, as above suggested. For example, in case of coiling the barbs, the work of the coiling-pins of the several coiling-heads should begin one just after another throughout the entire series. Any slight difference would be of advantage. Thus, while all the ceiling-heads are working together in the center of the machine, the action runs progressively from one end of the series to the other, and the power supplied is gradually increased at the beginning and dellC eleseai :it the ending oi' the opemtinn o the particular power-transmitting slm'. The sanne progressive ziction should he provided for the other series of mechanisms. Y Siieii smoother operation of the machine is ni.- hiined hy this nrra'ngiznent Yis te inereiise minera-ily its enpaeityanii iiiimhiiiiy. The niee adjustments required 'may he inmie. as ioilows: For the eoiiing-hsiiis, einen the eoii ing-ph` revolve eontilnionsiy, they shonid he ailjuetefi merely with respeet 'to the time of their protrusion und retraction, wliieh insieeonipiisheil hy proper setting of the minis 3i). The timing of the strmni-wire-feeds nml inn'hing-wire-i'emls are determined by properly setting the mutilated gears Ni and 4H, mul the entlerh` h i' setting their minis 44.

l now propose :in inipnrnni extension of this principle; whereby perfect continuity ol notion anni entrai distribution of pon-ei is :ittiiineii ihronghoui eiieh ii'nnsverse slniit, anni also ihrongiionl the whole nniehine, whiiif vet the neeessnry inernittein-.y of netion i pi'oviileil i'oi' he sef'iernl iieviees or ineehnnisms eoneeiiieii in the production oi' meh line oi inirheil-wim. My improved inuitipie inizehine eniie. iiseii readily to ille neeonipiish; nient oi' ihe iesireii results. Having 11 {run-i siiiemhle ninnher of strands operated in one inneiiine, the more the heiter in this eeepeef, l :un eniihiezi io eoinhine, with eontininnis nnweinens nl' the nmin shat anni se-verni' transverse power-triinsmitting sini-iii inllinin netion oi' the several Lmiisvere oi meeininisnis, and yet intermittent amt-inn oi eneh of the parte eomposing sneh series. 'ihie isiione hy grinhmliy sind eveniy enveringr the iieiii of' movemen oi ein-h riineverse siniit so hat the ending of wnrk sii. ene emi nf the series npeinieii thereby is ilnniniiiieijg' iolioweii in' priieiieiiiy eoineiiient with the beginning of work :it the other enii oi' the series. 'lhis is ilinstmted in the virions irnnsinitiing shafts for the sevemilseries of nieeimnisinn. For' example, with referemw to [he nhnit 5 for the stranii-vvii"e-ieefiJ ir will he ohnei'veii that iiermuitiiateii gears thereon nre pineefi eneh with the :ingle oi iis toothed- ;)orlion somewhat to he rene of the preeeling one; ne represented in Fig. 23.

ln ense there are eight strands to he inlllieil, :n: in ihe iiinnirziterl nnu'hine) the position ol' eznh nnilihieii gen1? is mie-eighth hawk of its preileeessol. (hiel tiirn oi' the Vnhni'tA giving enough i'eefl to n Wirey for one. hnrh, it will he ohseli'eii that when ihe shaft has umile its i'nil rotation meh nintihiifeii gein' xviii hivef performed in infn iis fnneion; ihe eoniinlnoneiy ruiming shni'i signin taking un the work nt the first i'eml without grenier intermission than heween iinyoiher two feeds. Bnl itwiii he inniestood finit the feed need not he aie-5 eoinpiii-ahefi within this one-eighih rotation;Y i'or this period me'eiiV inilienten the intervnig hei iii'een the sueeesnive intentions of the (iiis ferent leeds. ThroughoutA the machine, this system ofV n eonliinions power-iVannini[gings'lnilt epm-ming intermittent l2.' itrsrlnihvuhnii parte anni eontinnonsiy iis serien of 'parie mn hgrmmngeii Per, without newnioehiininni1 n hyfprnper anijifstfinenls :is ieriinheieeeine? geseil. By imei infringement, in my 1michine,Y there is no nimek in imnsitiun freni Lilie emnpletinn of one serien oi'V transverse pp* eraiLionigto the heginning oi' tho sinne serien. 75 Nenrlyiiii ni ille various intermittent operatimix niong any one strand-wire require dif feientE fiirntinn ni time 'for this performance, hait that. ions not interfere with the eonifinin ons` opernrtliifiniixof ihn seriesliuni of the winnie o linuahm'eJ if the feed for eneh stramil-wlre, for instnneeI requires u. ihree-eightiis turn of the nniin-nhziii., imei the leeil of eiieh hnrhingwire enig une-eighth turn, that simply ine-ans l nit here iilwiiys wonhi he three S5 nilnnii-\iile i'eeiis anni one hnrhing-wire feed inr'ueiz-tion nt. :my given time. Not onlyv in giezii. siiiiiiiiiy 1given to the 'vnrionn trimsyerse pimer-il'nnsniit fing; shafts, hy siieh iiisiiiiiion oi' power, hn! in iike manner evencio n of stroke is given in he 11min drivingii whoily relieving the inzzeiiiie if he jaar mitin necessarily ineiiieni in 'nenent nm @einen having inlelnaiiien eiieninnn. By niv'eoiistrin-iion, the nineiiine is performing 95 nii the operations .in iiiiiorent, piiis oi' the. iirnifii'ine ut the sume time; anni the power re- :ignieii is oxnetl); the sinne for eiieh irnetion ni roifiiiion of Lne 11min shaft eorresponiling in the nnniher oi niranils; or in iineigiii-wire ICQ machine the sinne for every oneeighth Srt'oke of the Shaft, To explain this printiiiie, i have shown in Fig. 2 ii ilingrinn representing umnoxinnneiy the work oi' un eightwil'ev nmehine in one emnpieie rotation ol' theWioS Ymain driving-shaft. Referring to the ke); holow the, :hug-rain I the heavy iine (i. ind-atea the siriani-wirefeed, wiih the :iweii therein repreneniing iioriiaitening ol' eoniiensing ni' the wire; the iighe iine if iniientes the l I0 sirnnfi-n'iie-eoiie'; e the bathing-wire feed; Vurrig; iiiioiier: anni e the barb-entier, the iirstienvy haii' of e representing: the enf nml the 'inni iigiiier hail' repreneniing the reiense.

'of the entier. The ilinginniis arranged in 1:5

eighi hoiixonni iines, representing the work iiiiiinggj nih roiition ol` the shaft on or in enn- Ynel-tion nii h ihe eight ilill'eienl Hinwil-Wires;

:imi in eight i'eitieni eolninnn, representing miliari divisions oi' the stroke oi the nmin 120 siini, With this ini'oi'nmtinn, the ilingraun ii'iii YeE VYain iisell'. lenriing fhnin the eolniiefiiiishow ihe various iienmnfis nnen iii 'niniiknhni't hiring the fiiiieient eight-hs Y nnintions, nml t-lieieexnei equiviiiennes. 125

nid iiiis sueeessive beginning of ihe open 'iinii ni the vnrions parts nieien he eo-oriii'iiiiteii in iine throughout the nnniiine, from be no loss of time by such successive beginnin over a perfect unison of beginnings. If t e operations on the first strand-wire begin throughout its course an instant sooner than the operations upon the second-strandwire, and upon the second an instant sooner than those upon the third, and so on, then each strand-wire throughoutwill in its turn be so much the sooner read for a repetition of the operation. The mac ine is first timed for a single strand-wire throu hout its course, as though there were only t at one strandwire.

VAll of the operations throughout on the other strand-wires fall within the space of time provided for the first strand-wire. If one rotation of a transverse shaft will perform any particular intermittent operation for the first strand-wire, then the same one rotation of that shaft will perform like operation for all other of the strand -wires whether thelr be eight or eight, within the same perio But instead of eing all at one stroke, each has its inception for an eight-Wire machine an eighth after its predecessor. All the operations throughout the course of one strand-Wire being covered in'a fraction of a second, the entire field of operations of the machine in all its different parts will be covered within that same period.

I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States:

1. A barbed-wire machine having, in combination, means for fiattening a strand-wire at intervals, and means for coiling barbs fixedly around the flattened portions.

2. A barbed-wire machine having, in combination, mechanism for feeding a strandwire, fiattening devices which engage said wire at intervals and produce flats therein, barb-feeding mechanism, and barb-ceiling mechanism through which said strand-wire is threaded, said barb-ceiling mechanism operating to coil the barbs fixedly around the said flats in the strand-wire.

3. A barbed-wire machine having, in combination, means for compressing a strandwire at intervals into atsof general oval character, and means for coiling barbs around such Hats.

4. A barbed-wire machine having, in combination, means for feedin a strand-wire, dies adapted to enga e and atten such wire at intervals, and mec anism for ceiling barbs around the flats of the strand-Wire.

5. A barbed-wire machine having, in combination, means for feeding a strand-wire, dies adapted to engage such wire at intervals and condense the same into flats of general oval character, and mechanism for coiling barbs around such Hats.

6. A barbed-wire machine having, in combination, coacting feed-rollers for a strandwire, dies in said feed-rollers adapted to engage and compress the wire at intervals, and

bination, meansfor feedin means for coiling barbs around such compressed points.

7. A barbed-Wire machine having, in combination, coacting feed-rollers for feeding a strand-wire, means for coiling or waving the wire during the feed thereof, and mechanism for applying barbs at intervals to the coiled or waved wire.

8. A barbed-wire machine having, in conlbination, means for feeding a strand-wire,

riodically-acting mechanism for applying arbs thereto at intervals, and means for ceiling or waving the wire to give it elasticity.

9. A barbed-wire machine having, in coma strand-wire, means for flattenin the wire at intervals, mechanism for coi ing barbs around the strand-Wire at such flattened intervals, and means for ceiling or waving the wire to give it elasticity.

10. A barbed-wire machine having, in combination, means for feeding a strandwire, barbing mechanism, and means located between the barbing and feeding mechanisms for coiling the wire to impart elasticity thereto. l

11. A barbed-wire machine having, in combination, means for forming the wire into such shape as to give it elasticlty, means for flattening it at intervals, and means for coiling barbs around its flats.

12. A barbed-wire machine having, in combination, means for coiling a strand-wire throughout its length, and mechanism for applying barbs at intervals to such wire.

13. A barbed-Wire machine having, in combination, means for forming a strandwire throughout its length into a continuous bent or other shape than straight, and mechanism for a lying barbs to the wire at intervals in rigiriixed position.

14. A barbed-wire machine having, in combination, means for coiling or waving a strand-wire, means for condensing the wire at intervals into fiats of 1feneral oval character, and mechanism for coiling barbs around such fiats of the Wire.

15. A barbed-wire machine having, in combination, means for forming a wire into such shape as to give it elasticity, means for condensing the Wire at intervals into Hats of general oval character, and means for coiling barbs around such flats.

16. A barbed-wire machine having, in combination, means forfeeding astrand-wire, dies adapted to engage and flatten such wire at intervals, mechanism for ceiling barbs rigidly around the Hats of the wire, and means for formin the wire intermediate its barbs into such s a e as to give it elasticity.

17. A bar ed -wire machine having, in combination, means for feeding a strandwire, means for forming seats for attachment of barbs at intervals on the wire, mech- IOO ISO

finisxnm; mailing; barbs ri idly ruuiirraiii seats, nml mvnus for forming tim wir(a inimlnmlialv its lmliis into such simpl* :is tu giri* it, i'lillii'i lv.

lb'. A lmfrlwd-ii'irc niiiriiinihaving, in

minliilnition, nwana fur miiiing ur waiving :i

strand-wire, means fm' lliitlvning :if inlii vais, und means l'nr mailing harm-a :ii-mund its Hats willi tln puinls nl" snuwxwivu inxrlis nl,

dill'vrvxiif iinffics, Y Y rn H). A Y mlini wirr nmciainv having! in combination,immun for jlurnnng llats :it ini-W loi-visies in :i strand-wirr, mvvlnuusni ligging ingr barbs ammini anni links, und inv-:ms fin applying iin siivrfxwwe lmrli."` will! their paints ati ziiiirvnl. :nigh-s.

30. A liaricd-wrn nuiciiinu having, in vnmlrimstinn, mon-ns for i'rcding in strand wire, nwffianism fur npplyiuv' barbs aiiintrY vais tin-wt in rigid ixi-d position, nufllrifa'ns L lmriiefhwiru nmvliinu inwingin vmnliimxinnr mmms iur mailing or Wilfiig ai Shanxi-wirr, mechanism for applying isszrlis rigiilly ilulvtn, and nwnns iur appiying tin. surrvssivc barbs nl dillvrvnt. angina.

122. A lixirlmd-wirn nizwlxim having, in

vnniiiimitinn, means l'nr l'cwiingnoied or wiwi-xi strand-wirr, n. ixvfl guidil lizsvig'an uprising {lirnngii whirl! the wirv islpasml und nwvlmnism nrw-rating nn said wir@ at the paint. nl' vimrgvnrc from said gnice-npning for applying bari# at intvrviiiri fiiwriin in lixvfl position.

23. A lmrlimi-wirv nnu'iiinv iniving, in

rmnliinziiinn, niinnn l'nr funding :i coiled ur wnvml .-ili':nul-wirvi anni nim'innnsm iur an 2l. A barbed-wir# nimliine having, 4in ruininnntliun, means for feeding n strandwirv, mechanism for, z'voiiing lmrlis aroundY said wire nl. imm-vais, and moans im' applying: allfvrnziii barbs ni, nltvrnntciy diigggig fcinrnnmtiun, menus for feeding il strand- 'siigy if Viizirliingr-vyvirvn narines u Strandwirel :imi mcciuinisin fur cnling imei severing 35. VA lmrlmil-wirc nnwhinv lnivingljili ruiniinnion, enacting ford-rollers l'nr fwd,-

ing :1. s'mid-wire, a strand-wirr miler bellini? said' rniirrs, nml morlninisin iiuiiiml saifi wire.

stnnlni fili@ dimnrtur nl' tlm wire, anni n burn in' ui ma@ ni sind upf-ning ieu-gc: than Vhe Y 2S. A burin-d -wir` machine having', in mnnliinntinn, moans fur ntermittmitly feuiling n strand-wim, nmans for fer-,ding n. piumiity nl barking-wires Sucvvssively across liv simio nt. aiill'orcnt :ingles with respect to lluurnsQ-soilion of the wire, amd melius for snvcosnivvly railing amd srvering barbs from mich lnirhing-wri with their points in diffrent rlrivliuns.

' 2S).Y .AY nnlwd-vifirfY machine lisivixig in manlli'iinitifirn', miams fur Trading a stmg" wire intifrnjiittmitly, nivnns 'nr iizitlmiinghe Sinne :it intervals, sind lnmms for Guilink lnu'lzs tiivenn ai, Such ilnltvnud intervals am alia-mil- Qwitli iioir pnints in dili'eren. clircitini 30,31barbed-wire machine having, in miniiiniion, means for feeding a. strand- Ywiri, ammini fur feeding ai plurnii't nl' lnirii5 'ing-wiwi# in suvcvssinn across said strandwire; and lnvelmnisni for nailing unil severing 'mriis i'rnni suoli burning-wires in the urder Y 0f; llkid- Iii. VMinimiwire machine having, in

imriis 'rnm suoli burning-wires.

32, A Vlinrlimi-vvlrn numbing inwingfin nztmn, nwnnn fait feuf'iiiig a straminl ivi-ii. :i i'uliu'y imri-iciiiing-iwzn tirungis which ilu wirr 1s llirmulvii, ai rolling-puisari'imi {iwi-olly in proximity fo wliic'iii m'lnts" in liu* wirr nr(- snwvsnivvly brought tu ront.,

siting :inni railing-pin in ringing-fj nini fnilnsnifl burning-wirf :around n limi during rvs! ni llw e, means for fmuling n piuriiiity fn" imrb- V iiigwirvs in sncmssxinn :harnais suoli simndwirfjrainii :it lii'ilrvnt angles-i Liwrvtlu! ami nwelnmismrfnr Ycgiiriing sind Ysuvffriny; imrlis ruinsfiii iiilr'iing-iririi in tile univr of thnir fumi?, winirviy im mints :if the rvspmflivu burlas prnjuet :it illivront nnglvs from the i bully nl.' this wirt.

31.5. A bambini-wire nlncliinn having, in cmnliinntinn, moans for fouling n strandwre, ini-mis l'm fmwling in nltvrnnlimi :i pinn-iii y nl imrizing-wiris :wrnss lim si mnd-*wim IGC substantially at the same fixed point with relation to movement of the strand-wire, and mechanism for ceiling and severing barbs from such barbing-wires.

34. A barbed-wire machine having, in combination, means for feeding a strandwire, means for feeding in alternation a plurality of barbing-wire's across the strand-wire and at different angles thereto, and mechanism for coiling and severing barbs from such barbing-Wires.

35. A barbed-wire machine having, in combination, means for feedin a plurality of barbing-wires across a stran -wire an at different angles thereto considered from a view-point alo the length of the strand, and mechanism or coiling and severing barbs from such barbing-wires.

36. A barbed-wire machine having, in combination, means for feeding in alternation a plurality of barbing-wires across a strand-Wire at intervals on the latter, and al; ternately acting devices for ceiling and severing barbs from such barbing-wires.

37. A barbed-Wire machine having mechanism for applying two-point barbs to a single strand-wire and means for applying the successive barbs at different angles to the body of the Wire.

38. A barbed-wire machine having, in combination, means for intermittently feeding a strand-wire, means for alternately feeding across the strand-wire a pluralit of barbing-wires, and mechanism for a ternately colling and severing barbs from such Wires during the intermittent dwells of the strandwire.

39. A barbed -wire machine having, in combination, means for intermittently feeding a strand-wire, means for alternately feeding across the strand-wire a plurality of barbing-wires at different angles thereto, and periodically-actin mechanism for coiling and severing barbs om such wires during the intermittent dwells of the strand-Wire` 40. A rotary ceiling-head having an axial opening for a strand-wire, means carried by said head for ceiling transversely presented cross-wire around said strand-wire, and means for resenting such cross-wire alternately at different angles across the strandwire.

41. A rotary ceiling-head having an axial opening for a strand-wire, a pair of alternately acting ceiling-pins carried by said head, and means for presenting barbing-wire across the strand-wire alternately from opposite sides thereof.

42. A rotary coiling-head having an axial opening for a strand-wire, means carried by said head for coiling transversely presented cross -wire around said strandwire, and means for presenting such cross-wire from opposite sides and alternately at different ang es across the strand-wire.

43. A rotary coiling-head having an axial opening for a strand-wire, a pair of alternately acting coilin pins carried by said head not diametrical y opposite, and means for presenting barbing-wire across the strandwire alternately from opposite sides thereof and at different an les.

44. A rotary coi ing-head having an axial opening for a strand-wire, a pair of alternately acting coilin -pins carried by said head not diametrica y opposite, and means for advancing barbing-wire across the strandwire alternately from opposite sides thereof and alternately above and below the strand- Wire. v

45. In a barbed-wire machine, means for feeding a strand-wire intermittently, a rotary ceiling-head having an axial openi for said strani -wirc, alternately acting cdiingpins carried by said head, and means for feedmg alternately barbing-wires across the strand-Wire from opposite sides thereof.

46. In a barbed-wire machine, means for feeding a strand-wire intermittently, a rotary ceiling-head having an axial opening for said strand-wire, alternately acting ceiling-pins carried by said head not diametrically opposite, and means for feeding alternately barbing-wires across the strand-wire from opposite sides thereof and at different angles.

47. A rotary ceiling-head having an opening for a strand-Wire, a pair of coiling-pins carried by said head alternately acting in unbalanced time, and means for alternately advancing across the wire the extremities of dillcrent barbing-wires for alternate engagement by said ceiling-pins.

48. A rotary ceiling-head having an opening for a strand-wire, a pair ol' alternately acting coiling-pins carried by said head occup 'ing unbalanced positions, and means for allernat cly advancing across the wire the extremities of ditlerent barbing-wires for alternate engagement bv said rolling-pins.

4E). A rotary coiling-hcad having an axial opening for a strand-wire, a pair of coilingplns carried by said head altcrnat ely acting in unbalanced time, and means for proseliting barbing-n ire across the strand-wire alternately at ditlerentangles thereto for alternatc engagement by said rolling-pins.

5t). A rotary eoiling-head having an axial opening for a strand-wire, a pair of coilingins carried by said hcadY alternately acting 1n unbalanced time, and means for presentingr barbing-v` irc across the strand-wire alternately from opposite sides thereof for alternat c engagement bv said ceiling-pins.

51. A rotary rolling-head having an axial opening for a strand-wire, a coiling-pin carried thereby adapted to project and coil a cross-wire and retract, a rcciprocatory har connected to said coiling-pin, and a rotary cam for reciprocating said bar, said cam being actuat cd by thc coiling-hcad.

Ass,

n mixing for u stranchwirv, a. :miiilgf-fiarf Y med Lwruby adapted in n gvvn number if rcvnluiuns Lu'pxnjuvlv and cui! u crass-Wir und reime@ a reeprmmury hm' for :natanti said niiingqiin, mul u. zum inr rocipruig said mr adapted in mmm mec has jiannh'v' coihng-iwmi 1n ovary xmmiwi o Vsiiiii i'cvii lions nf the euiing-piu.

VV53. A mim-y eoii'mw'iwnd having ap :mini npining fur a, suzuki-wirt, n nmiprwiy" wailing-pin carried by Suid hund siiapl'' vngngu and @nii n barb u1' cross-wim around ui siriani, sind u. rnhuy (mm nclmti by tim mivr nminmining suini ailing-pin projected nl inivrvnls in position 1.1 mii zindpuriiiil'.- :illy u ithdram ing nr reinasing thv sume tu m4- mipv (im finished (mils.

$341. ruim'y milig-hml hayg'sfsmfif :ixizmiy bnilzi fur a sffmH-iwig"'ciprnwilm'y lam' revnivig Wiii'mhiiii, al. miiingpin mirrivd thereby, :i riinry' cam' actuated by thu uuiivr for rutfpi'ncating said Imr, and suiiznrblv, gearing immuun thv cuiicrsim. sind mun fur prupcrly timing lle imitar w ith respect' tu the rntauiuns of the (idling-kend; Y i

55. A rotary mailing-iwan! having itz-i shiift :n.xiziiiy bnn-xl for n s1 rmnl-wirf,VY 'al Yrecipljromii Ury han' rvvnlving u ith du! hand, a'f'n'i'xg# pin wirr-ivd thereby, u rnmry um fdr Yreciprmfming said imi; an iiifyshsift, equal interxnvshing: gears un :mid idle-shaft and the shaft, nl' mw1 ai' Bueil' relaiy cimncnts, :mii uncquni niivrmvxiing gears un Huid. kiln-shaft and the simil ui' w Quer rotary teilnimmt.

56. A ruauy :inning-head having im ax' npcning for asiz'nfkwir, n. springqimjQct-ed sliding im? vmimddm in the (-.uilvr spliuliozv vuiing hm'iis arnuml mid wais.

Imiiml wiih nimma fur fvvding n Hirxuul-irv;F

62.7!11 mmhinnifm withmmns for feedin f' Y:'.fiihd m' Wiw'ei Strand-wire, ii. guide fm' sur'. i wirt! imvin f nii npc-ning F01 passage of the wire t-wretiirnugh, said opening bnmg.; of nppruxnmtuiy tw'dimneianr nl' the'wiru, pmvisinn I'm ruwing a sway nf such. wirf*v in mlvm'mgsQfsniil guida-opening, and harxng mechanisms' fiiifniing n barba-nuzi Said wirvr in cluses prnximity in the puin#u of migvggnnenf smid wire from said guifig 63,1'V n Y Y ,ihn wih means fm feeding la vnludVY r'wiiii Quand-wire, n guide-mim hei'ifnwing commu-.uid exit-winning and a Imre ixi'iidvance. of said opening ni' nimltgfw 'the ordinary dinmetcr pi' tire co'1s,'t'barang mechanism arranged fur npplvg barbs; (in the winin close prnxmity tnfiligpiiint iii merguncc frum' said @xiiveiling f'barbed-wirn machine fdr producing a pluraiity @f finished iiilrlmd-wims, said nmn'iiifgmng" in cmnbinntimi,V means fm' Y' sjufls 0f strumbwircs, means fm' fe Sii 'series of barbing-wirns longitudi- B: 'ggg Said strand -wi1"l\.s, miams fr iiirvcting "i i* Lreinities uf said barbixg-virvs :www t'idwires, a serios of imiingqnvdv sin? soiling barbs from such burbingwigiund this suvnmi stru'iufwifns, und u, gagrgzg'gfgutters l'nr severing thabiulafg,Y

n fr directing the extremities 0f Suid b )fg-Wir@ finrriss thv strand-www, n,

serias 'of barbingmcchunsms fm' miiing 'barbs from simil barbingwircs mound the Several sLrsuuLwil-us, n sories of vutvrs fur zxerxig iliu'bii, and a series of indvpfmenty mating; m515 i'ur winding the separati wiresriaid mvifimnisnm @pursuing prugrvsssiviy as sem-s :und pnnndxr-:Llly :is individuals,

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to ether withaseries of inde endentl acti ree ing-devicesfortheseveralpnished arbe Wires.

69. A barbed-Wire machine havin a series of mechanisms for barbing a series o strandwires, said mechanisms operating as a series continuously and progressively across the series.

70. A barbed-wire machine having, in combination, a series of strand-wire-feeding mechanisms each acting intermittently, a series of barbin -mechanisms each acting periodically, sai series each operating together as series, and a series of independently acting reeling-devices.

71 A barbed-wire machine having, in combination, a series of strand-Wire-feed mechanisms each acting intermittently, and a series of barbing-mechanisms each acting periodically, each series acting progressively as series.

72. A barbed-wire machine having, in combination, a plurality of sets of mechanisms for operating on a series of strand-wires and comprising transverse series of instrumentalitles, each of such series operating progressively as series and intermittently as lndlviduals.

73. A barbed-wire machine having, in combination, a driving-shaft, and a ser1es of mechanisms for barblng a series of strandwires, said mechanisms acting intermittently as individuals but progressivel as series and timed so that all operate wit 'n the same period of rotation of the driving-shaft.

74. A barbed-wire machine havlng, in combination, means for feeding a series of strand-wires, a series of bathing-mechanisms all operating together, and means for stopping or starting at will o peration on any one strand-wire of the series independently of the remaining ones.

75. A barbed-wire machine having, in combination, means for feeding a series of strand-Wires, means for feeding a series of barbing-wires, a series of mechanisms operated together for barbing said strand-wires from sald barbing-wires, and means for discontinuing or continui at will the feed of any one strand-wire an its barbing-wire.

76. A barbed-Wire machine having, `in combination, means for feeding a series of strand-wires, a series of barbing-mechanisms, and a series of independently acting windingreels arranged side `by side alternately one above another at the delivery end of the machine.

77. A barbed-Wire machine having, in combination, mechanism for intermittently feeding a strand-Wire, mechanism for iattening or compressing said Wire at intervals, and barbing-mechanism at which the iiats or compressed portions are successively brought to rest; said bathing-mechanism adapted for coiling wire-barbs around the Hats during the intermittent dwells of the strand-wire.

-carried by said head adap 78. A barbed-wire machine having, in combination, mechanism forfeeding a strandwire, mechanism for coil or waving said Wire, a rotary barb-coiler a an axial openin for emergence of the wlre of substantia ly the diameter of the wire and a bore in advance of said opening larger than the diameter of the coils or undulations of the wire, means for feeding a barbing-Wire across the strand-wire in proximity to said emergence-opening of the coiler means on said coiler for engaging and colling the successively presented ends of said barbi -wire around the strand-wire and a cutter a a ted to sever the'successive yformed barbs om the barbing-wire.--

79. A barbed-wire machine having, in combination, mechanism for feeding a strandwife, mechanism for coiling or Waving said Wire, a barb-applying device, and a guide for the strand-Wire comprisin a tube having an internal bore of larger iameter than the coils or Waves of the strand-Wire and an opening of substantiall the diameter of the wire for emergence of the wire at the barb-applying device.

80. In a fence-machine, means for Hattening or compressing a wire comprising fiatforming dies which condense the wire inward from more than two opposite directions.

81. In a fence-machine, a rotary coiler having a central bore adapted for passage of a coiled or waved wire therethrough and having an axial openin of substantially the diameter of the wire fgor emergence of the wire at a fixed point from the coller.

82. A rotary ceiling-head having an opening for a strand-wire, a pair of ceiling-pins ted for alternately ceiling barbs from barblng-Wirefed across the strand, and means for feeding barbin wire for alternate engagement by said co5- ing-pins.

83. A barbed-wire machine having, in combination, means for feeding a strandwire, mechanism for coiling barbs" around said wire at intervals, and means for effecting different angular positions of the different barbs on the nished wire.

84. A barbed-wire machine adapted for roducin concurrently a plurality of iinlshed bar ed-wires, said machine having, in combination, means for feeding a plurality of strand-wires, a plurality of barbing mechanisms for applyin barbs to such wires, and inde endent reels or winding the separate finis ed barbed-wires.

85. A barbed-wire machine adapted for producing a plurality of finished barbed- Wires, said machine having, in combination, means for feeding a plurality of strand-wires, a plurality of barbing mechanisms operating together, and means for stopping or starting at will o eration on any one strand-Wire of the num er.

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es fes@ S6. A barbed-Wire machine than straight as tc render it classic, an'

mechanism arranged for iixedy ceiling Wireharbs around thc same.

A. barbed-wire machine having, in combination, means for feeding a strand having an elastic form and attcneci to prcvide barb-seats, and barb-coilin mechanism arranged for xely soiling Wire barbs around the same with the axial centers of the coiied portions of the barbs substantially coincident With the axial center of the strand itseif.

89. A barbed-wire machine having, in combination3 i means for ixediy-attaching wire barbs to the strand by ceiling said barbs around the strand with the axial center of the coiled pcrtcns ci the barbs substantialy in one iine approximately coincident with the axial center of the strand, and

means for fcrming the strand .into such etherY shape than straight, intermediate its barbs,

as to renier the same elastic.

995 VTiie combination of mechanism ier orminga strand-wire into sucii ctiier s ieie than straight as to render the same elastic!n and means operating on said Wire tc atten the same te reside barb-seats for attachment of cciie barbs around the same.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature: in presence ci two Witnesses.

DATUS C. SMITH.

Witnesses:

(isi W. HANNA,

Y G. A. EATON.' 

